Screening of dementia in community-dwelling elderly through informant report

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 808-816

  Morales, José Manuel ^a   Bermejo, Félix ^b   Romero, Margarita ^c   Del Ser, Teodoro ^d  

^a Ctro de Estud Del Menor y la F   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dementia; Early diagnosis; Elderly; Epidemiology; Informants; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030754376     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199708)12:8<808::AID-GPS644>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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